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Estonian
Etymology
koolma + -ja
Pronunciation
Noun
koolja (genitive koolja, partitive kooljat)
- a dead person, dead man
1921, A. H. Tammsaare, Juudit, Tallinn: Varrak, act 4, page 110:Naine, su laps on ju surnud, ta on ammugi surnud, kooljale otsid sa vett.- Woman, your child's dead, he's long dead, you're looking for water for a dead person.
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References
- koolja in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “koolja”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009